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The Anderson Platoon (French: La Section Anderson, released in 1966 in Europe, 1967 in the US) is a documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War, named after the leader of the platoon - Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson - with which Schoendeorffer was embedded.
The Anderson Platoon: Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. With Joseph B. Anderson, Stuart Whitman. The director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966.
Sep 4, 2019 · For six weeks the French film maker Pierre Schoendoerffer followed a platoon of GIs led by black West Point Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson. Unlike the heavil...
Jan 12, 2019 · This is the original black and white 1967 Academy Award winning documentary by Pierre Schoendoerffer. A French journalist, film maker, and veteran of the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, for six...
A French documentary about a platoon in Vietnam, narrated by Pierre Schoendorffer, a war correspondent. Compare with Eugene Jones' "A Face of War", which uses only available sound and is more true and compelling.
A quietly austere documentary from Peter Schoendorffer, a veteran of the First Indochina War between France and Vietnam, returns the filmmaker to Vietnam in 1966, where he and a cameraman are...
The French documentary The Anderson Platoon zeroes in on the seminal days of the American experience in Vietnam. Filmmaker Pierre Schoendoerffer goes along with a group of American GIs on five days' worth of reconnaissances and skirmishes.
